P I S C E S 



■{•) Unde eft, qvod & ajlaces inter pifces numeraverit Philoroplius ; conf. §. l. frdHi, 

 de cruftatis. 



a) In Mijpi 11, §. ///• monuimus, circumrpefte conMerandas cffe figurns pifcium apud au« 

 tores, qvos cum fiflula in oapite, 3.t:{\^w\\. fi.ttores -, piflos p;ilTun dcpretiendimus, 

 cxirmplo inter aiia defumpto apuii RoKiJiletinm a pifte Pr'fic. ^xa aliud novifTimjm; 

 Dn. Mitrfchais ■uoy, en Cnince., par LaLtt 7^m. I. p. S T : Piiyfetcrcm (foufictir) mon- 

 flrofum (»n foijfon mOKftrenx C extr.iordinaire) exhibtt &defcribit valde fufpeffum, 

 qvod non folum fiflula five duflu ampio liydragogo in capitc, kA fimul brancliiis ma- 

 gnis (ouies grandes) fub fpiraculis ad Ijtera utrinqve NB. tribus, qui numerus in ne- 

 mine pifcium reperitur (axiec trois decoapures de chafjiie cote , comme de f.mjes ouies) 

 nec non roflro ofl^o duro & cartilagine teflo ('Lec ojfatx £y tres diir, en-ue/opf/e 

 $un cttrtilage) &■ prjeterea cutc afpera, fjgrinx vel corio cynocepfiaii five canis car- 

 charije fimili, a cr.pite ad caudam prxditus fuiffe perhibetur (conxiert dune pe^tis rit- 



ie,chagrinee a gros grainscomme cetle d'itnchien de mer depitis ta tefe jusatiaia 



queiie j que fans Le iec on tariroit pit prendre pour tm foiifleicr, on ponr qiietqite 

 espece de marfeiiin) qux omnia fimul iumpta nunquam in uno pifce coincidunt; vid, 

 Mijf. 11. §. XL IV, not. c. 



V) Apud Olearittm (Eiottocfs. "K. l\«mmet; p. ^^. 7"b. XXVU. n. 1. proflat animal tres circifer 

 pedes longum, capite oreqve vaccino, corporc e medio ventris dccrcfcente, & quafi 

 in lacerti refeftam caudam terminarite, pinnis cutancis gutturalibus, adextremum cor- 

 poris duabus pinnis fupra infraqve don.itum, cxterum apinne, qvod (pcciem M.inati 

 aut Phoca; effe autumat autor, ex mari americano ; .iddit tamcn ipfe: quod pedes 

 non habet neqvc caudam Manati fimilem, di.xeris pifcem. Sic nihil certi de hoc ani- 

 mali conflat, 



e) Pro naturali animalium difpofitione fingulare genus yimphiiiorum conflruere, meo quali- 

 cunqve judicio fupervacaneum efl, Nemo haflenus tamilias ^«/.■^/'^•/'«/•/■/ot .conflituit 

 Anferum, Larorum,Anatuni, curn tamen revera Amphibia fint ania.alia ha:c volaiilia, 

 nec obllitiffet, qvod in fuperficie aqvaruni non in aqvis n.itentj cuilibet enim coeni- 

 tum cR, & anates & laro? aqvis fefe fubmergere ad capiendum viflum, pari modo ac 

 Phoca, Lutra, Caffnr, Soriccs aqvatici &c, Sed unde cft , qvod Cojymti non facTi 

 fint pifces plumof, cum Alan.tti ert Trichechus i, e. p'ifcis crinittis a v^i^ crmis & iy^Qlt^ 

 pifcis.'' cotymii nunqvam in tellurem egrediuntur, nedum pariendi gratia, fed vcl 

 intet maris faxa rupesve vel ad littora cespitofa nidulantur, fiaflibus undarum vicina; 

 (vide tanien de Vupino ave Prodromiim Ouadrupp. Hifl. nat. p. i6 titt. ec^. Qucc- 



dam aiiimalia ex induflria hominum ampliibia fiuntj & qvis di.xerit Urinatores, prx- 

 dx Unionum inhiantes, amphibia rationalia? ad^qvorum tamen hifioriam utiqve perti- 

 net, qvod fingulis diebus, mox qvidem poll partum aqvis fubmcrgantur, ut foramen 

 ovale ad longum tempus iiitegrum confervetur, & aliqvamdiu fub aqvis confiflere as- 

 fuefiant homincs tales. ['jranchiata aninialia, ubivolunt, diutifllmas fub aqva moras 

 trahunt, fine ullo fuf^jcationis periculo; reliqva pulmonum fpirall vifcere pr.-v:dita, Ci 

 tjuis cogat diutius gvam neccffitas pofluJat, fubaqvaeffe, fijffocantur & exaniman- 



tur, 



